"The teleportation point?" The dragon didn't expect Luigi to ask such a question out of the blue.
The dragon didn't really care about Luigi's complaints. It was only here to pick up the passengers and leave them to Kukulus.
But now that Luigi asked such a serious question, the dragon didn't know what was on Luigi's mind.
Should it answer?
The dragon hesitated for a moment but still decided to answer.
For the Cave Dragons, who could see through space, this question was child's play. Answering it would not affect them at all. Besides, it could stop Luigi from nagging along the way.
Most importantly, the black-scaled cave dragon knew a little about Luigi's identity.
"It's simple. The inner circulation will consume less energy than the outer circulation," the dragon explained.
Inner circulation? Outer circulation? Luigi didn't get it.
But it didn't matter if he understood or not. Angor was the only one who could understand. Luigi used Mental Synchronization to ask Laplace.
Laplace glanced at Angor from the corner of his eyes.
"I think so. But I need more information." Angor's reply came through the telepathic message.
Laplace simplified his explanation and replied to Luigi, "I don't get it."
Luigi quickly replied, "I don't get it. What inner and outer circulation? I'm not a dragon, so I don't know much about space. We're still some distance away from the station, so just tell me."
The dragon didn't know what the three were thinking. "When the energy circulates inside your body, it will consume less energy compared to the outside world."
"Internal circulation?" Even Luigi was taken aback by the question.
"Yes." The dragon nodded.
"How could it be the circulation in the body? I was clearly asking about the consumption of spatial energy. If it's inner circulation, are you going to tell me we're inside a giant beast? "Luigi found the answer ridiculous.
He was sure that they were in Crystal City. The city was built by the Crystal Eye Race over many years. It wasn't a giant beast. It was just a magnificent building.
Or perhaps … the black-scaled cave dragon meant that the main stop of this gathering was inside the body of a certain behemoth?
Luigi found it inconceivable, but the black-scaled cave dragon remained calm. "I never said that we were inside the body of an almighty beast. Besides, can it only be called an internal circulation in the body of an almighty beast?"
Luigi still didn't understand. "What do you mean?"
The black-scaled cave dragon looked around, and a wave of space energy quickly surrounded everyone. Under Luigi's vigilant gaze, the cave dragon said calmly, "I won't do anything to you. It's just that some of the Crystal Eye Race's elders will come looking for me if I say something in front of it. It's very annoying."
"Although it might not notice me, in order to avoid trouble, it's better to shield myself."
At this point, the black-scaled cave dragon suddenly turned to glance at Laplace.
Laplace had her barrier activated the entire time. Logically speaking, the black-scaled cave dragon should have activated its spatial concealment to cover her barrier. But strangely, Laplace's barrier did not waver at all, even though his Spatial Shroud had been activated.
It had always thought that Laplace was just a friend of Luigi's, but now it seemed to be a little out of its expectations.
Either Laplace's barrier was special, or Laplace's barrier was stronger than its own.
If it was the latter, then her identity …
The cave dragon suddenly thought of a rumor that it did not dare to think about. It quickly extinguished the flame of curiosity in its mind and did not dare to think about it further. It did not even dare to look at Laplace again.
It did not matter if it could not be covered. Laplace's barrier could still block that thing's view.
The cave dragon calmed down and spoke in a low voice, "You can think of the Crystal City as a whole. Since we're inside the city, we're basically inside the city's body. Any energy circulating inside the body will consume more energy than outside. "
Luigi frowned. "How can the Crystal City be a living thing? It's just a slightly bigger building! "
"The Crystal City itself is not a living thing, but it can gain sentience."
Both Luigi and Angor understood what the cave dragon meant.
"You're saying … the Crystal City has a 'spirit'?"
The cave dragon nodded. "Correct. As far as I know, the spirit of the Crystal City used to be a small house spirit. But since the day it was born, the Crystal Eye Race deliberately raised it. Now, it's barely qualified to be called the spirit of a giant city."
"Barely qualified?" Luigi frowned.
The black-scaled cave dragon said, "Crystal City is too big for it to fully control. But it's not a problem to control the core of the city. "
And the main station of the gathering was obviously the core of the crystal city. The giant city spirit controlled this place, so everyone in the gathering was equivalent to being in the giant city spirit's body.
Normally speaking, a spirit that relied on a house or a city had a certain degree of spatial property.
Using the teleportation device inside the spirit's body was the same as using the spirit's space energy to circulate inside the spirit's body. Of course, the cost was minimal.
Just like how the wizards in Brute Cavern could enjoy the benefits of the Tree of Eternity, they were actually benefiting from the Tree of Eternity.
The Tree of Eternity was the true form of the Tree of Eternity.
In the same way, they were benefiting from the spirit of the giant city by using teleportation.
Angor was a little disappointed. First of all, it meant that both of his assumptions were wrong. Second of all, using the spirit's energy to reduce the cost of teleportation would not help him at all.
After all, he could only use teleportation on the outside world, not inside his body.
He did not have Lil 'Man inside his body.
Angor sighed in disappointment. He thought he had found a chance to improve his Gate of Illusion, but it turned out he was wrong.
But it made sense. Spatial abilities were used to move the world's network, so it was normal that they cost a lot.
To be honest, his Gate of Illusion was much less draining than most spatial spells.
Of course, the Gate of Illusion activated by special energy was an exception. It would take about half a year to recharge, which was much harder to maintain than level-3 spatial spells.
However, the effect of the Gate of Illusion activated by the special energy was also very powerful. He could directly use his consciousness to kill his way into a Mysterious object that was out of order and not be affected by the Mysterious object. He could even leave safely. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
Everything related to the Alien Eye, including its ability, was Angor's greatest secret.
Speaking of which, the Gate of Illusion had finished recharging. Once Doriz left Ancient Otherworld and entered the Chest of Reincarnation, he could find some time to explore it.
While Angor was thinking, Luigi was also surprised by the sudden revelation. "The spirit of the giant city … I've never heard of it before."
Luigi turned to look at Laplace, wanting to ask if Laplace knew.
Laplace shook her head.
She didn't even pay attention to Tunita's affairs. Why would she pay attention to the internal changes of Crystal City?
The cave dragon watched Laplace and Luigi's interaction in silence. Now, it was certain that Laplace was a clone of that terrifying existence. But it didn't dare to ask.
The cave dragon forced itself to look at Luigi. "The spirit of Crystal City isn't a secret in the Hundred Dragon Divine Kingdom."
For a race like the Hundred Dragon Divine Kingdom that stood at the top of the White Sun Mirror Zone, the so-called secrets of other races were nothing more than information that came out of one ear and came out of the other.
Anyway, the cave dragon had known about this for a long time.
And it didn't care at all. Or rather, none of the other dragons in the Hundred Dragon Divine Kingdom cared.
So what if it was the spirit of the giant city? It wasn't hard for the Hundred Dragon Divine Kingdom to destroy it.
Besides, the spirit of the giant city had nothing to do with the Hundred Dragon Divine Kingdom. Why would it care about something so trivial?
"So you know a lot about the secrets of Crystal City?" Luigi raised an eyebrow. "Do you know the secret of the Saint Corpse Crystal?"
The cave dragon humphed. "Of course. The Saint Corpse Crystal is —"
Halfway through its words, it paused.
It looked in a certain direction as if it was trying to listen for something.
Seconds later, the black-scaled cave dragon shook its head at Lu Yiji. "I can't talk about that."
"Why not?"
The black-scaled cave dragon replied, "Lord Kukulus told me not to speak of this matter. If you really want to know, you can ask him, Mister Luigi.
"I don't know everything myself, but I'm not lying. The secret of the Saint Corpse Crystal isn't a big deal to the Hundred Dragon Divine Kingdom."
Kukulus told it not to tell? Interesting.
Did the Hundred Dragon Divine Kingdom and the Crystaleye Race come to some kind of agreement?
However, it didn't matter even if Kukulus didn't say anything. Gleipnir would eventually find out.
Since he had nothing better to do, he planned to ask Luigi to see if the cave dragon knew anything about the Singers and the Harpies.
But before he could ask, the cave dragon spoke first. "We've arrived at the station. This way, please."
The station of the Hundred Spirit Divine Kingdom?
He looked around curiously and did not see any "door". The only thing he saw was a smooth crystal wall, which did not seem to have any entrances.
However, there was a glowing ring outside the fence.
While he was wondering if it was some kind of optical phenomenon or some kind of special mechanism, the Blackscale Cave Dragon suddenly flew into the air and went inside the light.
Angor realized that the ring was the "door" of the station.
The entrance wasn't on the floor above. Instead, it was in the air outside the fence.
This was a little ingenious.
Angor sighed as he and the others flew into the air and prepared to enter the ring.
While looking down at the ring, Angor finally noticed how huge it was. It had to be at least a hundred meters in radius.
But it made sense if it was the gate of the Mirror Dragon Clan's station. After all, all Mirror Dragons were as big as mountains.
The body of the cave dragon was probably dozens of times bigger than the ring.
While passing through the ring, Angor sensed the distortion of space again.
But this time, the distortion was much stronger than when they jumped through the stairs. This meant that the distortion wasn't caused by the city spirit's "internal circulation".
The teleportation gate of the Hundred Dragon Divine Kingdom was probably set up by the Mirror Dragons themselves.
According to the cave dragon, Kukulus was the person in charge of this station. Kukulus was also a cave dragon who was good at manipulating space, so it made sense for him to set up an exclusive station.
Such a station would consume a lot of energy, but they wouldn't have to worry about being watched by the city spirit. It was the best station for them.
After a while of weightlessness, Angor and the others finally landed on the ground.
At this moment, they were no longer within the confines of the "house". Instead, they were in a huge space with a sky, verdant mountains, and streams flowing through it.
"This is —"
"A mirror space," Luigi explained. "It's very stable, and its energy level isn't much lower than that of Hot Gold City. As expected of the Hundred Dragon Divine Kingdom. They even have a mirror space like this … "
A second ago, Luigi's words were filled with envy and jealousy, but soon, he seemed to have thought of something and leisurely whistled. "However, no matter how rich your family is, you can only afford this kind of mirror space."
"So you have a mirror space that's even stronger than this one?" A familiar spirit ripple came from afar.
Angor and the others looked back and saw a twenty-meter-long Mirror Dragon flying toward them from the top of the green mountain.
This Mirror Dragon was none other than Kukulus.
Kukulus didn't fly very fast, but he could teleport. One second, he was at the top of the green mountain, and the next, he was already in front of them.
They couldn't sense any spatial energy around them, which meant Kukulus was very good at manipulating space.
"Of course I have a better mirror space. But it's none of your business. I won't invite you," said Luigi. He paused and sneered. "If you've already shrunk, why don't you keep shrinking instead of making it so big? My neck is stiff from playing music every day. I can't even lift my head!"
Luigi raised his hand and pretended to be in pain as he pressed his neck.
Kukulus was also a twenty-meter-long dragon, but as one of the six most powerful dragons in the Hundred Dragon Divine Kingdom, he couldn't be so small.
If he reverted to his true form, they wouldn't be able to find his head even if they looked up with their eyes.
Kukulus remained silent and didn't argue with Luigi. He slowly shrunk his body until he was only two meters long, turning into a mini dragon.
"So you don't mind being so small now?" Luigi humphed.
Angor didn't understand, but Kukulus did. "When I was young, I only thought that Cave Dragons shouldn't lower their prideful heads just to accommodate others."
"So now you're willing to accommodate others?"
Kukulus said, "I know now that I shouldn't use my pride on my companions. I'm willing to accommodate those who deserve it. For example, my own kind, or you, as the incarnation of that great being. "
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